杀戮与文化
Carnage and culture
Victor Davis Hanson · 初版 2001 年
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摘自前言……我特意着眼于那些突出西方战争文化相较于亚洲、非洲和美洲孕育出的其他传统具有独特杀伤力的东西方断层线。这些合理的概括并不意味着各个特定的欧洲国家之间有时不存在真实差异，也不意味着西方与非西方文化要么是铁板一块、要么总是处于对立之中。尽管我也探讨了政府、宗教和经济等更宏观的问题，但我的主要目的是解释西方的军事力量，而非
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如果有人对这个话题感兴趣，我极力推荐 Victor Davis Hanson 写的《Carnage and Culture》。一本非常棒的书，把更畅销的《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》里的许多论点批得体无完肤。
For anyone interested in this topic, I very highly recommend _Carnage and Culture_, by Victor Davis Hanson. A fantastic book that destroys many assertions made in the more popular _Guns, Germs, and Steel_.
我等了好几年终于有人问这个问题了 :) 昨晚刚在亚马逊把它加进愿望单：Victor Davis Hanson 写的《Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power》。读过下面这些且觉得很赞：常规战争理论：Keegan 的《History of Warfare》；情报：Keegan 的《Intelligence and War》；平叛反恐：“Ghost……
I've been waiting years for someone to ask this question :) Wishlited this last night on amazon: Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power by Victor Davis Hanson Have read these and enjoyed these: General Warfare theory: History of Warfare by Keegan Intel: Intelligence and War by Keegan Counterinsurgency: "Ghost…
1. 《富裕的杠杆》（The Lever of Riches），Joel Mokyr 著 2. 《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》（Guns Germs and Steel），Jared Diamond 著 3. 《告别施舍》（A Farewell to Alms），Gregory Clark 著 4. 《权力与繁荣》（Power and Prosperity），Mancur Olsen 著 5. 《屠杀与文化》（Carnage and Culture），Victor Davis Hanson 著 6. 《资本理念》（Capital Ideas），Peter Bernstein 著 7. 《测地网络》（The Geodesic Network），Peter Huber 著
1. The Lever of Riches, by Joel Mokyr 2. Guns Germs and Steel, by Jared Diamond 3. A Farewell to Alms, by Gregory Clark 4. Power and Prosperity, by Mancur Olsen 5. Carnage and Culture, Victor Davis Hanson 6. Capital Ideas, by Peter Bernstein 7. The Geodesic Network, by Peter Huber
他也曲解了 Victor Davis Hanson 的观点——我认为他指的是《Carnage and Culture》，那本书里的论证要细致入微得多（因而也完全不是那回事）。
He also misrepresents the view of Victor Davis Hanson-- I think he's referring to "Carnage and Culture", which has a much more nuanced (and thus far different) argument.